Category Archives: National
Biden, Putin warn of breach if they can't resolve Ukraine tensions
UPDATED 5:53 P.M. WILMINGTON, Del./MOSCOW (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday exchanged warnings over Ukraine but conveyed some optimism that upc...
Dec 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden holds virtual talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin amid Western fears that Moscow plans to attack Ukraine, as Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens with other officials during a secure video call from the Situation Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 7, 2021. The White House/Handout via REUTERS
One day, three Illinois officers shot, two killed, one wounded
(Undated) -- A manhunt continues in the wake of a deadly officer-involved shooting in Illinois. One police officer is dead and another is critically injured following the shooting late Wednesday. Acco...
Dec 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. jobless claims drop, showing no Omicron hit yet
(Reuters) - New claims for U.S. unemployment benefits fell in the week leading up to Christmas and benefits rolls slid to their lowest level of the coronavirus pandemic era the week earlier, the Labor...
Dec 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
New J&J booster shot clinical trial may challenge CDC's conerns
(Undated) -- Newly released clinical trial results may challenge some of the concerns raised about the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 booster shot. It finds tens of thousands of patients in South Africa...
Dec 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A patient receives their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster during a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination clinic in Southfield, Michigan, U.S., September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Emily Elconin
Biden and Putin to speak on Thursday amid Ukraine tensions
WASHINGTON/REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak on Thursday, the White House said, as Washington crafts a common response to Russia'...
Dec 29, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Pool
Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty of aiding Epstein's sex abuse
NEW YORK (Reuters) - British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty by a U.S. jury on Wednesday of helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. Maxwell was convicted ...
Dec 29, 2021 Defense attorneys Bobbi Sternheim and Christian Everdell speak with Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell during her trial in a courtroom sketch in New York City, U.S., December 29, 2021. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
U.S. COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations 'comparatively' low despite Omicron surge, CDC director says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations are comparatively low despite a surge in cases as the highly infectious Omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads, Centers for Disease...
Dec 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky gives her opening statement during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing on "Next Steps: The Road Ahead for the COVID-19 Response" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 4, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
'Tsunami' of COVID-19 cases around world raises testing and quarantine fears
SYDNEY/ROME (Reuters) - Global COVID-19 infections hit a record high over the past seven-day period, Reuters data showed on Wednesday, as the Omicron variant raced out of control, keeping workers at h...
Dec 29, 2021 A man takes a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a pharmacy as COVID-19 infections rise, in Rome, Italy, December 29, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Gregarious NFL Hall of Fame coach John Madden dies at 85
(Reuters) - John Madden, the beefy, exuberant Super Bowl-winning coach of the Oakland Raiders who became one of America's best-known TV sports announcers and lent his name to a wildly successful footb...
Dec 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former Oakland Raiders head coach John Madden waves to the crowd before the AFC-NFC Hall of Fame pre-season game in Canton, Ohio, August 6, 2006. REUTERS/Matt Sullivan
Former U.S. Senate majority leader Harry Reid dies at 82
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Harry Reid, the pugnacious son of a Nevada hard-rock miner who rose from poverty to become the U.S. Senate majority leader and earned a reputation as a fierce partisan fighter du...
Dec 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Newly elected Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), speaks during a news conference held at the Senate Radio and TV Gallery at the U.S Capitol in Washington November 16, 2004. REUTERS/Shaun Heasley SH/JRB/File Photo
